Free agent Anthony Tolliver to sign deal with Suns

Summary of 3 articles · Updated Jul 17, 2014

Two people with knowledge of the situation say free agent Anthony Tolliver has agreed to a two-year, $6 million contract with the Phoenix Suns. The good news, even if teams learn about him quickly as a member of the Suns, is that Tolliver was exceptional … (more)last year on the sides of the arc. Where Tolliver really stood out is in his spot-up shooting. With Golden State in 2009-10, Tolliver averaged a career-best 12.3 points and 7.3 rebounds in 32.3 minutes per game. Tolliver stacks up to Frye as a pick-and-roll player, scoring 1.16 points in those situations, which ranked 22nd overall last season, but the volume of those opportunities was extremely limited. The news comes a day after Frye told Coro that the Suns were “preoccupied with other things” regarding his free agency, leading him to join the Magic on a four-year, $32 million deal. Reading between the lines, then, it seems clear that Phoenix knew Frye’s importance within the offense but believed it could find a more reasonable contract elsewhere.